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Moving abroad

Are you planning to rent out your home? Are you going to take your personal belongings with you or put them in storage? It is often easy to forget something in the moving process. Here are some tips on moving.

The Norwegian postal service (Posten Norge AS) provides a service for temporary redirection of post to private individuals. Redirecting post to an address abroad may take time. It is worth considering having your post redirected to other members of your family, a neighbour or even your own institution, who could then forward important post on to you.

If you want to take your belongings with you, you will have to send them as freight by air, sea or road. Most airlines offer a service for transport of personal belongings. Transport by road or sea is often cheaper than by air.

Insuring your personal belongings. You usually have to obtain separate baggage insurance through the freight company because normal travel insurance and other types of insurance do not cover belongings sent as freight. Check whether your insurance covers this and what sort of insurance rates the freight company can offer.

Items you have taken abroad with you from Norway may be re-imported and are not subject to customs and excise duties.

You must obtain documentation from the customs authorities that states that the items were not purchased abroad. This type of documentation may be relevant for items such as personal computers and other electronic equipment.

Refund of VAT

If you live abroad you may claim a refund of value-added tax (VAT) when you buy goods in Norway and take them with you out of the country. There are several refund points where you can receive your tax refund, such as airports, road borders, ferries and cruise ships.

Importing a foreign-registered car to Norway

If you have bought a car during your stay abroad and want to bring it back to Norway, it must be cleared through customs and registered with Norwegian licence plates